Gunnar Lindermann

IT Demand, Delivery and Service Management IT Business Relationship Management for Sales and Purchasing System Landscape and Architecture Achievements Design, delivery, and operation of several strategic solutions: - Global Pricing + Contract Management System (1.800 users) - Global Supplier Portal (4.000 users) - SAP SRM (2.000 users) - Global Component Level Forecast (MS Azure, MS Power BI) - Salesforce Sales Cloud (250 users)

- IT Business Partner and IT Demand Management for several business units and central functions - Master Data Management for Yazaki Europe Limited Achievements - Successful roll-out of Salesforce Sales Cloud to all business units at Yazaki Europe Limited. - Established a Data Governance Framework and MDM Operations for Yazaki Europe Limited.

IT Business Partner and IT Demand Management for 2 business units at Yazaki Europe Limited. Achievements - Established a new Centre of Competence to provide IT services for 2 business units at Yazaki Europe Limited (organizational framework, staffing and onboarding, IT roadmap, planning and budgeting). - Benchmark, design, and implementation of a cloud-based solution for Lead, Opportunity, and Sales RFQ management (Salesforce Sales Cloud).

- Strategic Planning - Business Analysis - Master Data Management - IT Operations Achievements - Delivered the first consolidated Global Component Level Forecast (24 months) for Yazaki Corporation using SAP BO

- Purchasing Master Data Management - Global Purchasing Data Quality Improvement - Global Purchasing Data Warehouse and BI Achievements - Established a new department to provide continuously reliable data for the new Global Purchasing office (organizational and governance framework, staffing, onboarding, knowledge transfer, IT roadmap, planning and budgeting). - Promotion, Roll Out, Training and Helpdesk of the Global Purchasing Applications in South East Asia, China and Japan.

- Established a new department as part of the Purchasing Organization - Purchasing Master Data Management - New Application Development / Application Management - Global Spend Analysis Tool - Global Pricing and Contract Management System - Electronic RFQ - Global Complaints Management System for Components

- Developed a global e-Business strategy / roadmap for YAZAKI - Business case for a Global Purchasing DB was approved by the Global Steering Committee

All Procurement activities related to the Launch of the new FORD Mondeo Program for the manufacturing plants in Portugal, Slovakia, and Thailand.

Strategic Sourcing of Wire Harness Sub-Assemblies

Forward Sourcing of Wire Harness Components for all new Ford & Jaguar Programs awarded to United Technologies

Global Sourcing of Grommets, Cable Channels and Clips

Final Project: New RFQ Process (New Customers / Modular Harnesses)

Final Thesis: Complexity Management at UT Automotive

Business Management and Information Technology